Yo-Yo Ma is a Chinese-American cellist born in Paris to Chinese parents and educated in New York City. He was a child prodigy, performing from the age of four and a half. Following his great personality, he is loved by many and they have been wanting to know almost everything about him.
In this article, we will dive into his personal life, especially his family to know his wife, children, parents, and siblings.
Yo-Yo Ma wife
He is a married man who has been married for over forty years now. He is happily married to his long-time girlfriend, Jill Hornor. They’ve been married since 1978.
Yo-Yo Ma children
He is the father of two children, a daughter and a son who have been identified as Emily Ma and Nicholas Ma respectively.
Yo-Yo Ma parents
Yo-Yo was born on October 7, 1955 (age 67 years), in Paris, France. He happens to be the son of Hiao-Tsiun Ma and Marina Lu. Ma’s mother, Marina Lu, was a singer, and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a violinist, composer and professor of music at Nanjing National Central University. His parents both migrated from the Republic of China to France during the Chinese Civil War.
Yo-Yo Ma siblings
He is from a family of two siblings and happens to be the only male child of his parents, hence, he has a sister who has been identified as Yeou-Cheng Ma. Ma’s sister played the violin and piano before obtaining a medical degree and becoming a paediatrician.
